Jerome H. Barkow
Canadian anthropologist (1944-2024
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Jerome H. Barkow (January 18, 1944 – April 30, 2024) was a Canadian anthropologist who was an early pioneer in the field of evolutionary psychology.[1] He was most recently a professor emeritus at Dalhousie University.[2]
Jerome H. Barkow | |
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| Born | January 18, 1944 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 30, 2024 (aged 80) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Known for | Evolutionary psychology |
Biography
Barkow received a BA in Psychology from Brooklyn College in 1964 and a PhD in Human Development from the University of Chicago in 1970. Formerly a professor of Social Anthropology at Dalhousie University, he retired as professor emeritus in 2008, and was an honorary professor at Queen's University Belfast (Northern Ireland) from 2010 to 2017.[2]
Barkow published on topics ranging from sex workers in Nigeria to the kinds of sentients SETI might find. He is best known as the author of Darwin, Sex, and Status: Biological Approaches to Mind and Culture (1989).[3] In 1992, together with Leda Cosmides and John Tooby, Barkow edited the influential book The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture.[4] In 2006, he edited Missing the Revolution: Darwinism for Social Scientists.[5]
Barkow died at the age of 80 on April 30, 2024 from esophageal cancer.[6][7]
